Trust and Safety Product/Global User Contributions
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Global User Contributions
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When IP addresses are replaced by temporary accounts, the old Global User Contributions (GUC) tool will no longer work for IP addresses. This is because GUC is a tool dependent on IP addresses being public. However, with the introduction of temporary accounts, IP addresses will be accessible to a limited number of users.
Cross-wiki patrollers rely heavily on guc to resolve cross-wiki vandalism and abuse. In order to continue to ensure that their needs are supported, the Trust and Safety Product team is actively building a new Global User Contributions tool, so that cross-wiki patrollers can continue to patrol effectively.
Problem and solution
[edit]Cross-wiki patrollers (such as Stewards and global admins) rely on Global User Contributions to resolve cross-wiki vandalism and abuse. We talked to users of GUC in order to understand how they use the tool and tested a prototype with a number of stewards. Read the results of user testing.
The new tool will provide feature parity with the old Global User Contributions GUC tool.
Timeline
[edit]- January–: User testing. Status: Complete
- : Engineering work starts. Status: Complete
- : Release first version of Special:GlobalUserContributions. Status: Complete
- : Complete all feature requirements
Product requirements
[edit]User stories
[edit]- As a cross-wiki patroller with permission to view IP addresses, I want to continue to see contributions made by single IPs, IP ranges, temporary accounts, and registered accounts across all wikis, so that I can patrol effectively.
- As a user without permission to view IP addresses, I want to be able to see contributions for registered and temporary accounts, so I can patrol effectively.
Assumptions
[edit]- The majority of cross-wiki patrollers access patrolling tools like CheckUser on desktop rather than mobile, therefore we assume that the same applies to GUC. However we will still support a mobile UX.
- Stewards and global admins will be able to use the new GUC tool.
- Users who meet the IP viewing threshold will be able to use the new GUC tool.
- Users can easily discover the new tool via a special page/extension.
Success metrics
[edit]- Cross-wiki patrolling using GUC continues unaffected by the rollout of temporary accounts.
- Users are satisfied with using the tool to complete their tasks.
- The tool is responsive when used.
Designs
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1.1 Search form. Special page showing search fields that enable users to get edits made by a user across all wiki projects. Users can search by username, IP address or IP range. Uses Codex components. -
1.2 Search filters. Mockup of namespace and time period filters for GUC special page. Namespace filters by standard namespaces. -
2.1 Results table (first tab). Mockup of a special page showing edits made by an IP range across all wikis, in a table of results. Designed to use Codex table. Default pagination UI is TBD. -
2.2 Results list (second tab). Mockup of a special page showing edits made by an IP range across all wikis, in a list of results.
